Nonstop flight route between Twin Hills, Alaska, United States and Weeze, Niederrhein, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Twin Hills Airport (TWA), Twin Hills, Alaska, United States and Weeze Airport (NRN), Weeze, Niederrhein, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,752 miles (or 7,647 kilometers).

A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the large distance between Twin Hills Airport and Weeze Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.

Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between Twin Hills Airport and Weeze Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Twin Hills Airport (TWA):

• Because of Twin Hills Airport's relatively low elevation of 82 feet, planes can take off or land at Twin Hills Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
• The closest airport to Twin Hills Airport (TWA) is Togiak Airport (TOG), which is located only 5 miles (7 kilometers) WSW of TWA.
• Twin Hills Airport (TWA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Twin Hills Airport (TWA) is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), which is located 10,701 miles (17,222 kilometers) away in Cape Town, South Africa.
• Twin Hills Airport has one runway designated 18/36 with a gravel surface measuring 3,000 by 60 feet.
• As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this airport had 395 commercial passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, a decrease of 23% from the 510 enplanements in 2007.
• In addition to being known as "Twin Hills Airport", another name for TWA is "A63".
• Twin Hills Airport is a state-owned, public-use airport serving Twin Hills, in the Dillingham Census Area of the U.S.

Facts about Weeze Airport (NRN):

• The airport uses the facilities of the former military airbase RAF Laarbruch, it began operations as a civil airport in 2003.
• Weeze Airport (NRN) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Weeze Airport's relatively low elevation of 106 feet, planes can take off or land at Weeze Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
• Weeze Airport features one passenger terminal building featuring restaurants and shops besides the check-in facilities.
• The furthest airport from Weeze Airport (NRN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,885 miles (19,127 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Weeze Airport (NRN) is Volkel Air Base (UDE), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) W of NRN.
• Weeze Airport handled 290,000 passengers last year.
• In 2008, with 1.52 million passengers, which represented growth of 80% on the previous year, it was among Europe's fastest-growing airports.
• In addition to being known as "Weeze Airport", another name for NRN is "Flughafen Weeze/Niederrhein".